Almost Half of New York City's Shootings are Committed by Teenagers

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Teenagers fighting over high school vendettas end up being responsible for around 40 percent of New York City's shootings, police say.

The NYPD says it has identified more than 300 teen crews made up of 12-18-year-olds who call themselves names like the Very Crispy Gangsters, True Money Gang and Cash Bama Bullies and tend to post about their affiliations on social media.

(In recent years, the NYPD has stepped up online investigations, creating fake profiles of attractive women to monitor teen gang members online.)

Police say many of the crews are hypersensitive to perceived slights, especially on the internet, and tend to react with sweeping violence.

full: http://gawker.com/almost-half-of-new-york-citys-shootings-are-committed-b-1570640040

[NYC_SKP]

1. Obviously guns are to blame if only a fascist mayor would emerge...

Oh doh never mind, that didn't work!

More gun laws will surely make these problems evaporate!

[The Straight Story]

2. Sorry, this can't be true

My understanding from all the evidence on DU is that all legal gun owners are nuts who love shooting people.

Therefore the stats here cannot be correct. If they are then teens are the problems and we need to ban them.

It could be that gangs with guns are not the same as other people with guns, but hey, we could still paint all gun owners with the same brush because 'it feels good'.

Two ways to solve these issues: Look for root causes of issues and address them or blame the tools so very few use.

One makes people feel safer, one actually makes them more safe.

[Starboard Tack]

3. Only 40%? I thought it would've been higher.

I wonder who the other 60% are. Sureloy not grownups.